AnitaB.org

"If the tech industry continues to 'improve' at the current rate, it will take decades before we reach gender parity, and even longer before our workforce accurately reflects the population at large," says AnitaB.org President and CEO Brenda Darden Wilkerson.

As we’ve grown, we’ve done so with our broader vision in mind: A future where the teams that imagine and build technology mirror the people and societies for whom they build it. We work every day to help companies create diverse teams and build inclusive work environments, and we’re committed to doing that same work internally.

Although Uber's global diversity report shows that its diversity numbers have improved, the company still has a long way to go. Brenda Darden Wilkerson has called for Uber to publicly release its plans for building a more inclusive environment, stating, “[We] will remain resolute in our determination to see solid evidence of real change at Uber before we are willing to re-engage with their leadership."

On October 4, 2017, the first day of the Grace Hopper Celebration, our organization announced that we would no longer call ourselves the Anita Borg Institute. Our new name — AnitaB.org — still honors our founder while reflecting our move away from a formal, bureaucratic attitude and toward a warmer, more personal feeling; the “.org” in our name acts as a reminder of our nonprofit mission. Read more